Tobacco-box



KURTH, DAHIS & RGBITAILLE.

Tobacco Box.

Pat ented July 31, 1860.

N. PETERS. Phmo-umc n m-r. Washinglun. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATNT OFFICE.

HENRY KURTH, FLORIAN DAHIS, AND CHARLES ROBITAILLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEWYORK.

TOBACCO-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,387, dated July 31, 1860.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY KURTH, FLORIAN DAHIS, and CHARLES ROBITAILLE,of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Tobacco-Box; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of'thisspecification, in which- Figure 1, represents a vertical central sectionof our invention. Fig. 2, is a sectional plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in arranging the bottom of the box, togetherwith a sweep attached to the same, in such a manner that the samerotates around a central pin and that the tobacco in the box can becompressed between said sweep and a stationary radial partition which issecured to the body of the box, by a direct positive pressure.

To enable those skilled in the art, to make and use our invention wewill proceed to describe its construction and operation with referenceto the drawing.

Tobacco for chewing or snufi when kept in a box is liable to become verydry unless it be compressed firmly so as to present the smallestpossible surface to the influence of the atmospheric air. If a smallportion of tobacco is kept in a comparatively large box, and if thesingle grains are scattered about the whole box each grain is more orless exposed to the drying influence of the atmosphere, and in a shorttime the tobacco be comes so dry, that it is not fit for use. It hastherefore been proposed to keep the tobacco in the box compressed, andsliding partitions have been arranged in the interior of the tobaccoboxes which partitions are forced against the stationary side or end ofthe box by means of springs. Such a device is applicable only to squareor oblong boxes and the springs are liable to get out of order or tolose their elasticity. For this reason and to construct a simple, cheapand durable box we have constructed our box round and so that a positivepressure can be exerted on the tobacco.

The body A of our box is furnished with a stationary radial partition a,and its end I), is turned down forming the guide for the rotary bottomB. A pin 0, which is firmly secured to the bottom and which passesthrough the top, forms an extra guide for the bottom. This bottom isprovided with a partition or sweep cl, which rotates with the same, andif some tobacco is introduced into the box, it can be compressed betweenthe partition a and the sweep cl, simply by holding the body A, in onehand and turning with the other, the bottom in the proper direction,until the sweep approaches close enough to the partition to exert thedesired pressure on the tobacco.

The top of the body A is furnished with a segmental aperture 6, and itis closed by a revolving cover C. The pin 0 forms the guide around whichthe cover 0, rotates and a segmental aperture f, in the cover whenbrought to register with the aperture 6, in the top of the body A, givesaccess to the interior of the box. A looking glass D, may

be secured in the bottom of the box.

This box is very convenient and the tobacco can be kept in the same forany length of time without getting dry. Our box can be made cheap, it iseasily operated and not liable to get out of order.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement and combination of the revolving bottom B, sweep cZ,stationary body A, and partition a, constructed and operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

HENRY KURTH. FLORIAN DAHIS. CHARLES ROBITAILLE.

WVitnesses:

B. GIRoUx, J. H. Soo'r'r.

